Beatniks! (1960)
The Beatniks
Paul Frees' The Beatniks
Sideburns and Sympathy
Tagline(s): | Exploding from Alleyways and Ivory Towers... |
| Living by Their Code of Rebellion and Mutiny! |
| Hollywood Hoodlums on a Rock n' Roll Rampage! |
| Satchmo's hotter than ever at the box-office |
| Intimate Secrets Of The Beat Generation! |
| The wild, weird world of the Beatniks!...Sullen rebels, defiant chicks...searching for a life of their own! The pads...the jazz...the dives...those frantic "way-out" parties...beyond belief! |
| Their Password Was Mutiny Against Society! |
| Defiant! Explosive! |
Nomination Year: 1994
SYNOPSIS: A young singer's chance at fame is threatened by his hoodlum pals.
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Smithee Award Nominations
Acting Appropriately Stupid |
Free Sucker with Every Punch The beatniks are making trouble at the malt shop, and Pops is calling the cops. But when one acts sorry, Pops relents and turns his back. POW!
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Directors
Director |
Claim to Fame |
Paul Frees |
A radio star before movies and TV, his instantly-
recognizable deep voice is ubiquitous, from Boris
Badenov to Burgermeister Meisterburger to Ludwig
Von Drake to the Pillsbury Dough Boy. He only
directed one film...sadly, this one. |
Cast
Actor |
Character |
Claim to Fame |
Tony Travis |
Eddie Crane |
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Karen Kadler |
Iris |
Ellen Peters in It Conquered the
World...and this. |
Peter Breck |
Mooney |
Known for Westerns, he did a bunch of
fantasy as well. Was Clay Culhane on
"The Black Saddle," Nick Barkley on
"The Big Valley," Steve Curan in
The Crawling Hand, and
King Leonidas in The Sword and
the Sorcerer. |
Joyce Terry |
Helen Tracy |
Jan Groves in The Neanderthal
Man. |
Bob Wells |
Chuck |
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Sam Edwards |
Red |
With over 150 credits from the '30s to
the '80s, he's played small parts in
tons of TV episodes, as well as lending
his voice to such shows as "Jonny
Quest," "The Flintstones," and "The
Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show." |
Charles Delaney |
Bayliss |
A silent-film-era actor who has credits
as far back as 1913, Delaney was Jimmy
Gray in Hell-Bent for
Frisco and Judd Rascomb in
The Lonesome Trail. Sadly,
Beatniks! was his last
picture. |
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